Complaint #202004048,
June 2, 2020

Summary

On June 2, 2020, [redacted] attended a Black Lives Matter protest at the West Side Highway in Manhattan. A Citywide curfew was in effect beginning at 8 p.m. At approximately 8:15 p.m., at West Street and Morris Street, officers advanced en masse and attempted to disperse the large group of protestors. Officers allegedly struck unidentified protestors with batons (Allegation A: Force, [redacted] As [redacted] held his skateboard, Detective Anthony Fernandez, assigned to Vice Enforcement Division Zone 2, struck [redacted] left hand with his baton, which fractured a bone in [redacted] hand (Allegation B: Force, [redacted] [redacted] ran away and was taken to the ground by Det. Fernandez and Deputy Inspector Ronald Zedalis, assigned to the Chief of Special Operations (Allegations C-D: Force, [redacted] DI Zedalis, along with Lieutenant Michael Jennings and Detective Ruperto Valentin, both assigned to Vice Enforcement Division Zone 2, helped apprehend [redacted] and allegedly struck him with batons (Allegation E: Force, [redacted] Allegations F-G: Force, [redacted] Detective Jerome Victor, then assigned to Vice Enforcement Division Zone 2, struck [redacted] ankles with a baton (Allegation H: Force, [redacted] An officer allegedly held his knee against the side of [redacted] head (Allegation I: Force, [redacted] Officers allegedly struck [redacted] with batons after he was handcuffed (Allegations E-G). [redacted] was taken to a prisoner van, where an officer allegedly cut off his backpack with a knife (Allegation J: Abuse of Authority, [redacted] [redacted] was released with a summons for disorderly conduct (BR 01). Read report for details.